Democracy by Design
The "Democracy by Design" Toolkit, developed in partnership with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft (AHG), guides startups and technology companies in assessing and enhancing the democracy-friendliness of their digital innovations. This comprehensive resource helps businesses evaluate potential democratic impacts of their products and align their operations with principles that support resilient, inclusive democracy.
Toolkit for Democratic Tech
Why should you use it?
The toolkit increases awareness as to how digital tech affects societies and democracies and can help companies to position themselves as socially responsible organisations, increase social trust in products, or be used to promote the company to new and existing customer groups.
What is in it for you?
Learn from fascinating Democracy by Design best-practices or get introduced to hands-on action steps to start implementing yourself. You want to assess if you’re on the right path? Check out the evaluation. We award you with a digital democracy badge to position yourself as a socially responsible organisation.
How to become a democracy pioneer?
Run through the Toolkit, print off the summary and gather a diverse company team to reflect and discuss your status quo or define next steps.
By embracing these tools, individuals and organizations can take concrete steps to protect and strengthen democratic processes in an increasingly complex digital environment.